Which to use
“decider” and “décides” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,731
- “decider” frequency rank
- #18,995
- “décides” frequency rank
- 60726
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | decider | décides |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Décider. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de décider. |
Where the eye mixes decider and décides
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: decider vs décides
A purely visual mix-up. decider (\de.t͡si.ˈdɛr\) and décides (\de.sid\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60726, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
decider is recorded at frequency rank #41,731, classified as averb, pronounced \de.t͡si.ˈdɛr\. décides is at rank #18,995, tagged as averb, pronounced \de.sid\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60726, this pair ranks #96,115 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of decider vs décides
Shared letters: cdei. Private to "decider": r. Private to "décides": sé.
"decider" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "décides" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- decider ← dceider · ddecider · deccider · decdier · decidder · deciderr · decidre · deciedr
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "decider" and "décides" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "decider" or "décides"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "decider" and "décides" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "decider" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "décides" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,115 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "decider" and "décides" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decider vs délier". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #96,115 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.